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Nelson

Nelson County is a county located in the Commonwealth of , in the United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 14,775. Its county seat is . Nelson County is part of the , VA, Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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  • Type: County with 15,000 residents
  • Description: county in Virginia, United States of America
  • Also known as: “Nelson County”, “Nelson County, VA”, and “Nelson County, Virginia”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Nelson County Courthouse.

Courthouse
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is a historic courthouse located at , Nelson County, Virginia within the Lovingston Historic District. The original building opened in 1810.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lovingston and Freshwater.

Village
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is a census-designated place in and the county seat of Nelson County, , United States. The population, as of the 2010 Census, was 520.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community in Nelson County, , United States.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community in Nelson County, , United States.

Nelson

Latitude
37.7755° or 37° 46′ 32″ north
Longitude
-78.8974° or 78° 53′ 51″ west
Population
15,000
Elevation
1,240 feet (378 metres)
Open location code
8793Q4G3+63
Open­Street­Map ID
node 317004668
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­county
Geo­Names ID
4775610
Wiki­data ID
Q515150
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Nelson” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Nelson County”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة نيلسون، فيرجينيا”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة نيلسون”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعه نيلسون، فيرجينيا”
  • Asturian: “condáu de Nelson”
  • Basque: “Nelson konderria”
  • Bavarian: “Nelson County, Virginia”
  • Bavarian: “Nelson County”
  • Bishnupriya: “নেলসন কাউন্টি, ভার্জিনিয়া”
  • Bishnupriya: “নেলসন কাউন্টি”
  • Catalan: “comtat de Nelson”
  • Catalan: “Nelson County”
  • Cebuano: “Nelson County”
  • Chechen: “Нельсон”
  • Chinese: “Nelson Kūn”
  • Chinese: “納爾遜縣”
  • Chinese: “納爾遜郡”
  • Chinese: “纳尔逊县”
  • Dutch: “Nelson County”
  • Esperanto: “kantono Nelson”
  • Esperanto: “Kantono Nelson”
  • Esperanto: “Nelson County”
  • Finnish: “Nelsonin piirikunta”
  • French: “comté de Nelson”
  • French: “Comté de Nelson”
  • French: “Nelson County”
  • Georgian: “ნელსონის ოლქი”
  • German: “Nelson County”
  • Gilaki: “نلسؤن ٚ شأرستان (ويرجينيا)”
  • Gilaki: “نلسؤن ٚ شأرستان”
  • Greek: “Κομητεία Νέλσον”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז נלסון”
  • Hungarian: “Nelson megye”
  • Inari Sami: “Nelson pirrâdâhkodde”
  • Irish: “Contae Nelson”
  • Italian: “contea di Nelson”
  • Italian: “Contea di Nelson”
  • Italian: “Nelson County”
  • Japanese: “ネルソン郡”
  • Korean: “넬슨군”
  • Low German: “Nelson County”
  • Mazanderani: “نلسون”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Nelson Gông”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Nelson Kūn”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Nelson County i Virginia”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Nelson County”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Nelson fylke”
  • Norwegian: “Nelson County”
  • Persian: “شهرستان نلسون، ویرجینیا”
  • Persian: “شهرستان نلسون”
  • Polish: “Hrabstwo Nelson”
  • Portuguese: “condado de Nelson”
  • Portuguese: “Condado de Nelson”
  • Portuguese: “Nelson County”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Nelson, Virginia”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Nelson”
  • Russian: “Нельсон”
  • Sardinian: “contea de Nelson”
  • Serbian: “Nelson County”
  • Serbian: “Округ Нелсон”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Nelson County, Virginia”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Nelson County”
  • Slovenian: “Nelson County”
  • Slovenian: “Okrožje Nelson”
  • South Azerbaijani: “نلسون بؤلگه‌سی، ویرجینیا”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Nelson (Virginia)”
  • Spanish: “condado de Nelson”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Nelson”
  • Spanish: “Nelson County”
  • Swedish: “Nelson County, Virginia”
  • Swedish: “Nelson County”
  • Tatar: “Нельсон”
  • Tatar: “Принс-Уильям (округ, Виргиния)”
  • Tumbuka: “Nelson County, Virginia”
  • Tumbuka: “Nelson County”
  • Turkish: “Nelson County, Va.”
  • Turkish: “Nelson County, VA”
  • Turkish: “Nelson County, Virginia”
  • Turkish: “Nelson County”
  • Turkish: “Nelson ilçesi, Va.”
  • Turkish: “Nelson ilçesi, VA”
  • Turkish: “Nelson ilçesi, Virginia”
  • Turkish: “Nelson ilçesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Нелсон”
  • Urdu: “نیلسن کاؤنٹی، ورجینیا”
  • Urdu: “نیلسن کاؤنٹی”
  • Venetian: “contea de Nelson”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Nelson, Virginia”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Nelson”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Nelson, Virginia”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Nelson”
  • Welsh: “Nelson County, Virginia”
  • Welsh: “Nelson County”
  • Western Panjabi: “نیلسن کاؤنٹی”

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Mills Mountain and Democracy Vineyard.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Nelson”. Photo: Pubdog, Public domain.